From
Baltimore News.Net:
A battery factory in the south of China has been closed down due to a
lead poisoning scare.
Excessive amounts of lead in the body can harm the nervous and reproductive systems and cause high blood pressure and anemia. In severe cases, it can lead to convulsions, coma and death.
44 children living in the area were found to have excessive levels of lead in their blood before the city's environmental bureau took over the battery plant to conduct tests on the factory's water discharge.
Officials found lead content exceeding provincial safety standards in the water.